Dr. Jitendra Singh to launch dedicated web-portal for Special Campaign 6 on 16th September, 2026

Dr. Jitendra Singh will launch the dedicated online web-portal (https://scdpm.nic.in/SCDPM26) for monitoring of progress of Special Campaign 6 in a meeting of Nodal Officers of Special Campaign 6, Nodal Officers of Public Grievances and Appellate Authorities in all the 84 Ministries/ Departments of Government of India. The meeting will also be addressed by Secretary DARPG, Secretary Posts, Secretary Coal, Secretary DoSEL, and Secretary Mines.

Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, since 2021 acts as the nodal department for coordinating and steering the Special Campaigns which are held every year for institutionalizing Swachhata and reducing pendency in Government Offices across the country.  The Special Campaign 6 will be held from 2^nd - 31^st October 2026 and will be preceded by the preparatory phase from 16^th - 30^th September, 2026. The Special Campaign seeks to institutionalize Swachhata in all offices of Government of India with a saturation approach.

Since 2021, through five editions of the Special Campaign (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025) and monthly Secretariat Reforms monitoring (up to July 2026), more than 24.20 lakh sites have been covered, over 180.48 lakh files have been weeded out/closed, and a revenue of more than ₹5,102.91 crore has been generated through scrap disposal. In Special Campaign 5 alone, nearly 11.6 lakh sites were covered, 29.52 lakh files were weeded out, 233.75 lakh sq. ft. of office space was freed, and around ₹833.92 crore was earned from scrap disposal.

Many innovative initiatives were undertaken during the Special Campaigns, which were documented and released in the form of Assessment Reports during the Good Governance Week event in December. The Special Campaigns have been led by Ministers, Ministers of State and Secretaries of Ministries/ Departments. The initiatives and achievements of Special Campaigns have also found mention in PM’s Mann Ki Baat.

Cabinet Secretary has addressed a DO Letter to all Secretaries of Government of India on 5^th August 2026 and DARPG has issued detailed guidelines for Special Campaign 6 on 13^th August 2026. The Special Campaign 6 will be carried out in all the Ministries/ Departments and their Attached/ Subordinate/ Autonomous Offices including field/outstation offices responsible for service delivery or having public interface and Indian Mission abroad. The Special Campaign 6 will focus on consolidation of Best practices like citizen centric practices, inclusivity and will continue to focus will be on effective collection, segregation and disposal of e-waste.

The preparatory phase of the Special campaign 6 will continue till September 30, 2026. During the preparatory phase, Ministries/Departments will identify the pendency in selected categories, mobilize the ground functionaries, finalize the campaign sites, review records, undertake space management planning and disposal of the identified scrap. The best practices will be presented during the Good Governance Week 2026 from 19^th -25^th December, 2026.